Sep 212013
 

I shot the Electronic Frontier Foundation Pioneer Awards (EFF) Pioneer Awards yesterday. It was amazing. Lawrence Lessig spoke. Aaron Swartz was awarded posthumously. Glenn Greenwald and Laura Poitras were awarded and were there remotely. (Sad that they fear to travel to their own country because of government overreach)

I got a lot of amazing shots, event photography is one of my things. I’m going to turn most of them over to the EFF to use as they wish. I’m just going to share this one shot that I took for fun. The event was at The Lodge at the Regency Center, which is AMAZING. Passed by this place on Van Ness hundreds of times, never knew it was so cool. Big and old and classy and wood. Cage elevator with an elevator operator.

Around sunset the light started streaming in and I had a photographer fit. I was shooting just for the light. I caught this silhouette of the bartender and I like it a lot.

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Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2013. All rights reserved
Alex Schoenfeldt Photography. San Francisco Event Photography

Feb 122013
 
Cory Doctorow at The Booksmith in San Francisco Homeland tour

I had the honor of shooting Cory Doctorow giving a talk at The Booksmith in San Francisco upon the release of his new YA novel Homeland. I’ve had the fortune to meet and shoot Cory before, and he’s always inspiring and energizing. Not to go to far off topic from my photography, but his talk about the coming war on general purpose computing is some of the most illuminating information I’ve ever heard about the deep consequences of content owners who are willing to go to any length to protect their copyright.

Cory Doctorow at The Booksmith in San Francisco Homeland tour

Cory Doctorow at The Booksmith in San Francisco Homeland tour

Cory Doctorow at The Booksmith in San Francisco Homeland tour

Cory Doctorow at The Booksmith in San Francisco Homeland tour

Cory Doctorow at The Booksmith in San Francisco Homeland tour

Cory Doctorow at The Booksmith in San Francisco Homeland tour

All photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2013. Creative Commons 3.0 Non-commercial attribution only.
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Sep 172012
 

Oakland is jumping these days, and it never shines brighter than on the First Friday of every month when the galleries throw open their doors, and the streets of Uptown fill with celebration. I wanted to capture a piece of that.

I took my camera and my studio strobes, and I set them up in “The Eatup” (https://www.facebook.com/TheEatup at 2025 Telegraph Ave) I let anyone who wanted step on up and get their portrait taken. It was so fun I could hardly stand it.

These are the shots. I just want to say “Thanks Oakland for letting me take your picture. You are looking FANTASTIC!

All photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2012
San Francisco Bay Area Portrait Photography

Mar 202012
 
Intense and pretty Korean child in face paint at a party

This photo was taken at a child’s birthday party. There was a tea party (back when that meant a party where you drink tea and not a political movement) and a treasure hunt and face painting.

The girl in the photo is obviously of Asian descent. I think her heritage is Korean, but I am not sure.

For me the thing that sells this photo is her unblinking intensity. She’s a pretty little girl, and she is staring into your soul, perhaps finding it wanting.

Intense and pretty Korean child in face paint at a party

Photo © Alex Schoenfeldt 2007
Alex Schoenfeldt Photography
San Francisco Bay Area Event Photography

Oct 042010
 
Billie Jean King at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

I was the event photographer for the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael. They were raising money for To Celebrate Life Breast Cancer Foundation, Us Too Prostate Cancer Education and Support, and Youth Tennis Advantage. In attendance were some tennis celebrities, including Billie Jean King, Pat Cash, and Anna Kournikova.

Here are some of my favorite photos from the event.

All Photos © Alex Schoenfeldt 2010. All Rights Reserved.
Alex Schoenfeldt Photography

Pat Cash and guest at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Anna Kournikova and other at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Anna Kournikova and other at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Anna Kournikova and other at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Billie Jean King at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Bilie Jean King at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Anna Kournikova at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Billie Jean King at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael

Billie Jean King at the Esurance Tennis Classic Charity Gala at the Osher Jewish Community Center in San Rafael